Solved Bridge/interface :: Switch/port - MAC address table?

[putney]

Is there any way to access the kernel table used by a bridge to implement its switch-like (as opposed to hub-like) behaviour? That is, its MAC address table?

man 4 if_bridge

says

"For unicast traffic, the bridge learns which MAC addresses are associated with which interfaces and will forward the traffic selectively."

so there's clearly (?) a MAC address table for the bridge. I thought maybe

arp

would be able to do it but it seems not.

 

[covacat]

ifconfig br_if addr will show the learned macs
see ifconfig(8)

 

[putney]

Ah, thank you. I've looked at that many times, but never saw what I was looking for.